I don't like the life here in New York. There is no greenery. It would make a stone sick. Nikita Khrushchev More Quotes by Nikita Khrushchev More Quotes From Nikita Khrushchev You do not know, you cannot know, the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night, every ounce of your energy. There is no rest, no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word. Nikita Khrushchev relaxationnightmean But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you. Nikita Khrushchev bangslife-isschool If we were to promise people nothing better than only revolution, they would scratch their heads and say: 'Is it not better to have good goulash?' Nikita Khrushchev politicalpeoplepromise No matter how humble a man's beginnings, he achieves the stature of the office to which he is elected. Nikita Khrushchev officehumblemen The more bombers the less room for doves of peace. Nikita Khrushchev bomberspeacehistory The thought sometimes - the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of... so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came - if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just - it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back. Nikita Khrushchev kneesunited-statesmight All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America. Nikita Khrushchev rooftopsunited-statesamerica There are still some people who think that we have Stalin to thank for all our progress, who quake before Stalin's dirty under-draws, who stand at attention and salute them. Nikita Khrushchev peopledirtythinking When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again. Nikita Khrushchev skinsbusinessshould Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything. Nikita Khrushchev upsetdangerouspeople The dictatorship of the proletariat and the leadership of the Marxist-Leninist party are indispensable conditions for the triumph of the Socialist revolution and the building of Socialism. Nikita Khrushchev triumphcommunicationparty If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it! Nikita Khrushchev teethsticksdog I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer! Nikita Khrushchev jazzsingersgirl They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves. Nikita Khrushchev tea-leaveslittlesattention If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. Nikita Khrushchev politicaladvicebird Without Spam, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army. Nikita Khrushchev spamablearmy Just imagine: I, a Premier, a Soviet representative, when I came here to this city, I was given a plan - a program of what I was to be shown and whom I was to meet here. But just now, I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked, 'Why not?' What is it, do you have rocket-launching pads there? I do not know Nikita Khrushchev padsrocketscities You must never believe all these things which the scientists say because they always want more than they can get-they are never satisfied. Nikita Khrushchev researchsciencebelieve My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul. Nikita Khrushchev soullyingblood Let there be more corn and more meat and let there be no hydrogen bombs at all. Nikita Khrushchev hydrogen-bombbombsmeat
